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Wahlenbergia tumidifructa P.J.Sm.

Reference
Jessop & Toelken, Fl.S.Austral. Ed.4,1383,Fig.627 (1986)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender erect or ascending annual, herb, 0.06-0.7 m high. Fl. blue/white, Mar to Dec. Red sand, stony soils, sandy loam. Along drainage lines, claypans.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 January 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Merredin, Mitchell, Nullarbor Plain, Roebourne, Rudall, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Ningaloo.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Morawa, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.